​Telling vs. Showing

This quick exercise can be used as a “closer” or as a listening exercise, to reinforce the message that “actions speak louder than words.”

Say: “Please follow my words. Raise your right hand over your head. Keep following my words. Make a fist. Please make sure to follow my words. Round your fist three times and then put your fist on your forehead! (just before this moment, you put your own fist on your jaw!) You would find most of participant would follow your action and put their fists on their jaws! Someone would find their mistakes and reput their fists on their forehead,

Then you can say: What happend? I’ve asked you to follow my words for three times, but you follow my actions! Why? Posted online by Mark Guo

​Great example of telling your group to do one thing and showing them another. Interesting to see how they hear your instructions: Posted by Denzal Sunny